Global Tiger Day 2026 should be measured by coexistence. Bangladesh's Sundarbans population has grown to 125 tigers with 21 cubs recorded in the latest census, supported by fencing, shelters, and village response teams. But the forest is near its ecological ceiling, and pressures from poaching, salinity, and cyclones remain. Arannayk Foundation contributes through hotspot monitoring, the 2025–2035 management plan, aquatic resource assessment, and the Beyond Border project on big cats in the Chittagong–Lushai landscape. The real test is whether people living beside the forest feel safer even with the increasing number of this mystic predator.
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